{"id":2034,"date":"2011-07-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/how-to-prevent-childhood-obesity-remember-what-you-have-forgotten.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T08:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:59:32","slug":"how-to-prevent-childhood-obesity-remember-what-you-have-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2034","title":{"rendered":"How To Prevent Childhood Obesity? Remember What You Have Forgotten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=7684188&amp;postID=5221644200726027689\" layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=7684188&amp;postID=5221644200726027689\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=7684188&amp;postID=5221644200726027689\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img data-opt-id=2124640571  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-iSVETMKigI4\/TjFZmp5md6I\/AAAAAAAADQA\/lF7Jbi4hgV0\/s320\/ChildObesity.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;\">Get this. The calories that kids eat away from home has increased from <i><b>23.4 percent<\/b><\/i> to <i><b>33.9 percent<\/b><\/i> between 1977 and 2006.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;\">Those take-out foods are high in sugar and salt and synthetics and, oh yeah, calories.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;We found that &#8230; kids eat an increasing number of calories outside the home,&#8221; said study author Jennifer Poti, from the university&#8217;s Gillings School of Global Public Health. &#8220;<i>Eating outside the home is actually fueling the increased energy intake for kids<\/i>.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ya think?&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Remember What We Have Forgotten<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">As a culture:&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We used to cook more at home.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We used to eat together as a family at home.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We used to not be so fat and unhealthy all the time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\">\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In fact, eating out increases the volume consumed, the salt consumed, the sugars consumed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Here are the study data <\/b>(pubbed<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<i>Journal of the American Dietetic Association)<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">29,217 U.S. children aged 2 to 18 took part in surveys of food intake, between 1977 and 2006.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The researchers found that the number of calories children got from foods eaten away from home increased significantly. In fact, <u>the percentage of calories children got from fast food was greater than those they got at school<\/u>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\">\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Samantha Heller, a dietitian, nutritionist, exercise physiologist and clinical nutrition coordinator at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., said that &#8220;<i>in our fast-paced, time-challenged world, parents are convinced that it is easier and less expensive to eat take-out, fast food and in restaurants<\/i>.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>But who buys that?<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I don&#8217;t know &#8212; and I know I will get some people to defend their inability to make food for their families &#8230; or even defend their inability to purchase decent foods &#8212; but it seems like there is a choice being made. The choice to make your food at home; the choice to make family time a commitment. &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;<i>We cannot control where these eateries are located or how they prepare their foods, but we can decide to cook more at home, which will ultimately save money and help keep our families healthy<\/i>,&#8221; Heller said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\">\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>The Typical Whine<\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s too expensive &#8230;. Although it appears a take-out meal for $4.99 is a great deal, <u><i>one would actually save money by going to the store buying chicken breasts, vegetables, whole grain pasta, bread and sauce.<\/i><\/u>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;<i>You would have a healthy dinner and leftovers for tomorrow&#8217;s lunch and probably enough left to reinvent dinner by using the remaining ingredients in a salad, frittata or burrito<\/i>,&#8221; she added.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;<i>For less than $30, you can buy enough food for several meals including chicken breast, mushrooms, broccoli, pasta, lettuce, bread, eggs, tomato sauce and salad dressing<\/i>,&#8221; Heller said.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>A family of four can spend that much easily for just one meal each for take-out and fast food. Planning the week&#8217;s meals ahead will make home cooking easier, faster, and cost-efficient. More importantly, research suggests that family meals enhance the health and well-being of children on many levels<\/i>,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; clear: none; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 9px; width: 632px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Bottom Line<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s about personal responsibility, and our ability to set our own priorities and schedules. There is &#8220;health in the hearth&#8221;. Make your own food at home. We used to do this when we were healthy and these are the cultural habits that we need to remember to make dent in the chronic weight and health issues of our children.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthfinder.gov\/News\/newsstory.aspx?docid=655144\">More Kids Eating Calorie-Packed Take-out Food &#8211; healthfinder.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willcloweraudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=121310768  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Audicles\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedburner.com\/WillClowerAudicles.4.gif?w=735\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerrecipes.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1059463939  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedburner.com\/WillClowerRecipes.5.gif\"  class=\"optimole-lazy-only \"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Recipes\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E?w=735\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><br \/>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get this. 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